Posted on 06/16/2007 5:23:46 AM PDT by radar101
I will now re-read the transcript keeping that in mind. Interesting.
How do you feel about that drug dealer that handed-over that terrorism suspect on the East Coast just recently? Just curious.
Prosecutions happen because of agents in the field doing their job, not because of the US Attorneys.
If you had a drug case with evidence and testimony that was the same qualtiy of that found in the Ramos/Campean case the US Attorney would have never accepted it for prosecution or the porsecution would have been soundly defeated in court.
I also have a priority list. Firemen are at the top. They risk their lives to save people they don’t know. Lawyers and prosecutors are near the bottom. I will respect a drug dealer who does the right thing more than a prosecutor who does not.
Here in North Carolina, they just disbarred Mike Nifong who, much like Johnny Sutton, put his personal career ahead of those he was prosecuting [and representing...a very troubled girl]. The damage done to those three Duke students will follow them for life.
I don’t feel any particular animosity for Davila. I feel very sorry for the Agents who may have not followed the rules to the letter, but who put their lives on the line every day to protect the rest of us. Because of that, I cut them more slack. Because the legal system failed them from receiving a “fair” trial, I have tried to present the facts in a more equitable light.
Most of all, after having read the “House of Death” article and the errors Sutton made that are far worse than what he accuses Ramos and Compean of, I simply can not abide his unjustified righteousness and his distortion of the Ramos-Compean trial.
That said, I am off to enjoy my “day”. And, if it applies, “Happy Father’s day” to you, too.
Indeed there was. And in the oath I — and every military man — swore upon entering the service. So far as I know, none of those had expiration dates.
But as we were warned “Liberty lies in the hearts of men and women; if it dies there, no constitution, no law, no court can save it.” — Judge Learned Hand, 1944
WE are the ultimate defenders of that document and tbe God-given rights it was SUPPOSED to guarantee.
She includes the following quote from Compean's original statement given in the wee hours of the night he was arrested. His story didn't change from day one. The BP agent testifying against him, changed his story five times, the fifth time suddenly witnessing such a "surrender."
"The alien was coming at me when he climbed into the ditch. I told him to stop and put his hands up. He kept coming at me and I tried pushing him away from me with the butt end of the shotgun I had. I slipped into the ditch and the alien went around me ..."
Not a good thing when they start taking money to smuggle more people into this country. Could it be with the attrition going on at BP and the haste to hire the background checks are less than stellar?
Johnny Sutton was on Glenn Becks program a few weeks ago and shown again this week... he is a swarmy slime and Beck basically told him so.... he didn’t even flinch. I think he knows he is what Beck told him he is... He also lied and was called on the lies by Beck and after the interview with followup with Poe and Rohrbacker..
I think the only background check is the ability to speak spanish.
Does anybody know Sutton’s background? How did he get hooked up with the Bushes?
Johnny Sutton reminded me of a sociopath. He lies readily and has no concern that he destroys the lives of innocent people or that his misdeeds are uncovered. One cold and corrupt official.
As a talking head during the Selena trial, he was plucked off of Univision TV
to serve in Governor Bush’s admininistration. His career advanced from there.
http://www.usdoj.gov/usao/txw/us_attorney/
Johnny Sutton, United States Attorney
On October 25, 2001, Johnny Sutton was nominated by President George W. Bush to serve as United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas. On November 30, 2001, the United States Senate confirmed the President’s appointment.
As United States Attorney for the Western District of Texas, Johnny Sutton represents the United States in criminal and civil matters within the District. The Western Judicial District of Texas is composed of more than 93,000 square miles, approximately 660 miles of border with the Republic of Mexico, 68 Texas Counties, and three of Texas’ major metropolitan areas, San Antonio, El Paso and Austin. The District has over 260 employees including 118 Assistant United States Attorneys.
Mr. Sutton also serves as the chairman of the Attorney General’s Advisory Committee (AGAC) which plays a significant role in determining policies and programs of the Department and in carrying out the national goals set by the President and the Attorney General.
The AGAC consists of 17 members appointed by the Attorney General and represents different judicial circuits, various-sized offices, and expertise. Mr. Sutton also serves on the Border and Immigration Law Enforcement Subcommittee of the AGAC.
Prior to becoming United States Attorney, Mr. Sutton served as an Associate Deputy Attorney General at the U.S. Department of Justice in Washington, D.C., and as a Policy Coordinator for the Bush-Cheney Transition Team assigned to the Department of Justice.
Mr. Sutton served as the Criminal Justice Policy Director for then-Governor George W. Bush from 1995-2000, advising the Governor on all criminal justice issues, with specific oversight in the areas of criminal law, prison capacity and management, parole operations and legislative initiatives.
Prior to his service in the Governor’s office, Mr. Sutton worked as a criminal trial prosecutor in the Harris County District Attorney’s Office (Houston, Texas) for eight years. As a prosecutor, he was lead trial counsel in over sixty felony cases, including numerous capital murder, aggravated robbery, and sexual assault cases. He is fluent in Spanish, having appeared as a television commentator for the Spanish language network Univision during the Selena homicide trial.
Mr. Sutton is a graduate of the University of Texas at Austin, where he earned a bachelor’s degree in International Business in 1983, and the University of Texas School of Law, where he earned his Juris Doctor degree in 1987. As an undergraduate, he played baseball for the Longhorns and was the starting left-fielder on the 1983 National Championship team.
I think you may be correct.
It’s the politicians who seem to ignore the oath.
Thanks, but I’ll leave the pill taking to you.
Definitely cold and corrupt. GWB didn’t do his homework with Sutton.
No problem. Read up on this case, you might learn something.
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